Director: Park Hong Kyun
Marriage into the Hwain Group was supposed to be the safest move Oh Wan-soo ever made — instead it puts a target on her back in "Red Swan."
What is Red Swan about?
Oh Wan-soo married into one of South Korea's most powerful families, expecting stability and status. What she gets instead is a string of death threats that force her to question everyone around her, including her own husband's family. Her only unlikely ally is Seo Do-yoon, a bodyguard whose real reason for taking the job has nothing to do with protecting the Hwain name — he's investigating the death of a friend, and every thread he pulls leads back to the same powerful household. As the two are drawn together, they start peeling back the Hwain Group's carefully maintained image to find greed, betrayal, and secrets that several people would rather keep buried. "Red Swan" moves between boardroom scheming and personal danger, using the 2024 series' longer hour-long episodes to build out a wide cast of family members, executives, and outsiders who all have something to protect or something to hide.
Cast & crew
Kim Ha-neul stars as Oh Wan-soo, with Rain as Seo Do-yoon. Jung Gyu-woon, Seo Yi-sook, Yoon Je-moon, and Ki Eun-se fill out the Hwain Group's inner circle. Park Hong Kyun directs.
Context & significance
Released in 2024, "Red Swan" sits at the intersection of melodrama and action that South Korean networks often use for chaebol-family thrillers, pairing a wealthy-dynasty backdrop with a mystery that keeps unfolding across its run.
Where & how to watch
K-Time carries "Red Swan" with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so the family drama and its mystery play out fully in Farsi for viewers who prefer it that way. Reading about the show costs nothing; streaming the episodes just requires logging into a K-Time account, on a platform built around the Iranian diaspora's viewing habits.